light flow lite-led control works great on nexus 4

[zaki67]

I think you should develope a light flow for blackberry Z10!

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[andrewpmoore]

I think you should develope a light flow for blackberry Z10!

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If I had more time I might consider it! As a "spare time project" I can't even keep up adding the features I want to lightflow (my todo list has at least 100 things on it!)
Maybe if I managed to change to working full time on apps I will do

 

[Spunkie_]

Is there anyway to trigger a front led notification when the back led flash is on/off?

 

[parker_dhd]

I've run into a bit of an annoyance - I've got light flow set to flash a white LED when the device is charging, which works fine with the screen off/locked. However when I unlock the 'stock' yellowy/orange charging LED comes on.

Is it possible to turn this off? Would it be a ROM issue?

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[steviewevie]

I've run into a bit of an annoyance - I've got light flow set to flash a white LED when the device is charging, which works fine with the screen off/locked. However when I unlock the 'stock' yellowy/orange charging LED comes on.

Is it possible to turn this off? Would it be a ROM issue?

There is no charging LED in the stock ROM, you must be running a custom ROM with something in it to do this, or have some additional app.

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[parker_dhd]

There is no charging LED in the stock ROM, you must be running a custom ROM with something in it to do this, or have some additional app.

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I am running a custom ROM (Dark Jelly) - I'll search through and see if there's a setting for the LED.

Edit: found it under Interface -> System. I clearly didn't look very hard the first time >_<

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[eldaveo]

Hi there, first-time poster.

Just wanted to let you know that this app is GREAT! The Nexus 4's built-in LED is rather ignored by default (Facebook of all things tipped me off that the even phone HAD a notification LED), and Light Flow really unlocks the potential of it.


Just one weird issue though. When I've got multiple notifications, Light Flow can't seem to decide which color to display when.

As a test, I've got Bluetooth (blue) and Phone Signal (white) turned on (two permanent notifications). What happens, is once I turn the screen off, it goes something like this:

Blue, blu-WHITE!, blue, blu-WHITE!, etc (although sometimes it's white being interrupted by blue instead).

Basically, it's not cycling properly, with the blue starting to come on a second time in a row, then getting interrupted by the white. Expected behavior is simply blue, white, blue, white.

I've tried playing with the notification method/frequency settings in the settings section, and the LED flash rate in the notification itself, but with no change apart from the expected behavior of those settings. Any tips on how to solve this?

Rooted Nexus 4, stock Android 4.2.2, full version of Light Flow

Thanks!


EDIT: Just to note, it's not always the same pattern. To better explain it, it seems like they're out of phase with each other. Sometimes it looks fine (like right now), sometimes one interrupts the other (like five minutes ago). Seems to vary over time, never staying consistent on the same pattern for more than a few minutes at a time.

 

[andrewpmoore]

Hi there, first-time poster.

Just wanted to let you know that this app is GREAT! The Nexus 4's built-in LED is rather ignored by default (Facebook of all things tipped me off that the even phone HAD a notification LED), and Light Flow really unlocks the potential of it.


Just one weird issue though. When I've got multiple notifications, Light Flow can't seem to decide which color to display when.

As a test, I've got Bluetooth (blue) and Phone Signal (white) turned on (two permanent notifications). What happens, is once I turn the screen off, it goes something like this:

Blue, blu-WHITE!, blue, blu-WHITE!, etc (although sometimes it's white being interrupted by blue instead).

Basically, it's not cycling properly, with the blue starting to come on a second time in a row, then getting interrupted by the white. Expected behavior is simply blue, white, blue, white.

I've tried playing with the notification method/frequency settings in the settings section, and the LED flash rate in the notification itself, but with no change apart from the expected behavior of those settings. Any tips on how to solve this?

Rooted Nexus 4, stock Android 4.2.2, full version of Light Flow

Thanks!


EDIT: Just to note, it's not always the same pattern. To better explain it, it seems like they're out of phase with each other. Sometimes it looks fine (like right now), sometimes one interrupts the other (like five minutes ago). Seems to vary over time, never staying consistent on the same pattern for more than a few minutes at a time.

That's true. I'd like to get it blue, white, blue white and technically I could but that would mean every flash off the led I'd need to partially wake the phone to run the code to switch the led off or on. The current method just issues an on/off timing to the led driver via android and therefore only needs to change less frequently. I've found choosing a faster flash rate looks better as the difference between 4 or 5 quicker flashes is much less noticeable. I've one or two ideas in the future I'll probably experiment with this and improving it, but very few phones actually pay any attention to the actual timings sent to the led. e.g. motorola phones ignore it and have a fixed led flash rate. The galaxy nexus has a few speeds but it's not really user customisable (there's probably about 5 different pre-defined speeds which the driver will just pick the nearest speed). It's the same for the S3 and note2.

 

[ben_pyett]

But who cares about THOSE phones

 

[pak-stars]

no problem with flow lite

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[dvdy]

My LED doesn't seem to be showing the correct colour occasionally. It doesn't happen often enough for me to spot a pattern but right now it's a fast green blink which is my SMS notification but it should be blue for Facebook. The lightflow widget shows blue and the debugger says it should be facebook so I don't know what's wrong. Anything I can grab to help?

The debugging widget only shows this

Last notification switched off: Last off: 17:52:50505: FACEBOOKMESS
Last notification switched on: Last on: 18:41:32935: FACEBOOKMESS
Last accessibility accessed: 19:20:54: Accessbility last accessed: com.google.android.gm
Notifications currently on: Total notifications on: 1
FACEBOOKMESS is ON

 

[Richieboy67]

I'm sorry if this had been covered. Using the app it is difficult to search a specific thread.

I am interested in how this app impacts battery life. Can someone prewar past some stat screenshots?

Thanks

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[kwerdenker]

I'm sorry if this had been covered. Using the app it is difficult to search a specific thread.

I am interested in how this app impacts battery life. Can someone prewar past some stat screenshots?

Thanks

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Depends on how you configure it (color change speed is the main culprit here) and how many notifications you get. For me the impact is negible

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[ben_pyett]

I'd say install and don't worry I've never noticed any impact.

 

[andrewpmoore]

My LED doesn't seem to be showing the correct colour occasionally. It doesn't happen often enough for me to spot a pattern but right now it's a fast green blink which is my SMS notification but it should be blue for Facebook. The lightflow widget shows blue and the debugger says it should be facebook so I don't know what's wrong. Anything I can grab to help?

The debugging widget only shows this

Last notification switched off: Last off: 17:52:50505: FACEBOOKMESS
Last notification switched on: Last on: 18:41:32935: FACEBOOKMESS
Last accessibility accessed: 19:20:54: Accessbility last accessed: com.google.android.gm
Notifications currently on: Total notifications on: 1
FACEBOOKMESS is ON

I'm not sure about that one. The only thing I see occasionally is the default slow flashing white light. This can happen if android decides to kill off the background service (for example if you are running some intensive apps). Android will kill the service and reschedule it to start again a few seconds later (I think it's between 2.5 and 5 seconds). If another app raises a notification in this small window of time that uses an LED it's possible for it to take control until the notification bar is pulled down. I don't really use facebook messenger, but I guess by default it doesn't flash green does it?

 

[Acidgod]

AW: light flow lite-led control works great on nexus 4

Clear the notification with the widget doesn't work...

Edit: fail! Battery less 15%... ^o^


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[andrewpmoore]

Clear the notification with the widget doesn't work...

Edit: fail! Battery less 15%... ^o^


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I'll probably have to add an option in for this. People in the thread were previously wanting the clear option to clear everything except persistent notifications that were still relevant, such as silent, bluetooth, charging and low battery so I made a change recently to reflect that.

 

[noodles2224]

Is there any reply on how the LED blinks out of nowhere sometimes without an actual notification.. I read people complaining about it but don't want to look through pages.. Mines does that once in a while..

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[andrewpmoore]

Is there any reply on how the LED blinks out of nowhere sometimes without an actual notification.. I read people complaining about it but don't want to look through pages.. Mines does that once in a while..

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The best thing to do is add the lightflow widgets to a homescreen and then when you get the problem see what notification is listed as on. It could be an app where I need to make a slight adjustment, or it's also possible if you are swiping away notifications but don't have the "pull down notification bar" option checked for that notification type.

 

[teh_lorax]

I'm not sure about that one. The only thing I see occasionally is the default slow flashing white light. This can happen if android decides to kill off the background service (for example if you are running some intensive apps). Android will kill the service and reschedule it to start again a few seconds later (I think it's between 2.5 and 5 seconds). If another app raises a notification in this small window of time that uses an LED it's possible for it to take control until the notification bar is pulled down. I don't really use facebook messenger, but I guess by default it doesn't flash green does it?

Ahhh! That explains it. I've seen that quite a few times. The widget shows no notifications, but if I clear it via the widget the notification goes away.


btw, are there any needed changes for the app for 4.2.2? I've noticed some strange things since updating like calendar alerts not clearing again.